| Abstract |
This paper aims to elucidate that although both Lu Xiang-Shan and Korean Confucian Li Han-Ju take “Xin Ji Li”as the tenet of their theories, it is because they hold different understandings about the source of moral motivation, which leads to their different understandings towards “Xin Ji Li”. While Xiang-Shan talks about "Xin Ji Li”, he believes that the mind(Xin)’s expression is naturally reasonable, therefore the mind’s expression is equal to the principle(Li). According to Xiang-Shan, it is “mind” that makes an action become a moral action. On the other hand, the concept of "Xin Ji Li” by Han-Ju is different. Han-Ju claims that "mind is the combination of Li and Chi”, which means Li and Chi are both inside the mind, and the activity may be controlled by “principle(Li)” or “Chi”. But only when activities are controlled by principle(Li), which is equal to principle, then those activities can be considered as “moral activities”. To show the value of the mind, the mind must exist as a moral subject, Han-Ju emphasized that all activities controlled by the mind must be based on principle(Li). According to this, the source of moral motivation is the principle, which is in the mind.
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